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(c)  Collect and compile statistical and other data and make re-
ports of the business transacted by the courts and transmit the same
to the Chief Judge to the end that proper action may be taken in re-
spect thereto;

(d)  Prepare and submit budget estimates of state appropriations
necessary for the maintenance and operation of the Judicial system
and make recommendations in respect thereto;

(e)  Draw all requisitions for the payment out of state moneys ap-
propriated for the maintenance and operation of the Judicial System;

(f)  Collect statistical and other data and make reports relating to
the expenditure of public moneys, state and local, for the mainte-
nance and operation of the Judicial system and the offices connected
therewith;

(g)   Obtain reports from clerks of courts in accordance with law
or rules adopted by the Court of Appeals or the Chief Judge on cases
and other judicial business in which action has been delayed beyond
periods of time specified by law or rules of court and make report
thereof to the Chief Judge;

(h) formulate and submit to the Chief Judge recommendations of
policies for the improvement of the Judicial system; and

(i) Perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the
Chief Judge.

6D. The judges, clerks of court and all other officers, state and
local, shall comply with all requests, AS MAY BE APPROVED BY
THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS, made by the
Director or his assistants for information and statistical data bearing
on the state of the dockets of such courts and such other information
as may reflect the business transacted by them and the expenditure
of public moneys for the maintenance and operation of the Judicial
system.

6E. The Director shall make and publish an annual report of the
affairs of his office in such form, at such time and containing such
information as may be approved by the Chief Judge of the Court of
Appeals.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1955.

Approved April 11, 1955.

CHAPTER 344
(House Bill 260)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 12 of the Code of Public
Local Laws (1930 Edition), title "Garrett County", sub-title

EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.